UPDATE: Buckshot at Buckeye! At least 9 people taken to hospital after active shooter reported at Ohio State University
An 18-year-old Free Ride Tuition Somali student was behind an attack involving a car and butcher knife on the campus of Ohio State University Monday that left 11 people injured, officials said.
After the attacker, identified by authorities as first-year student Abdul Razak Ali Artan, plowed his vehicle into the crowd, officials said he got out of the vehicle and began attacking people with a butcher knife before he was shot and killed by a campus police officer.
Two law enforcement sources told Fox News that Artan came into the United States as a Somali refugee, and was granted status as a legal permanent resident.
The motive behind the attack is still unclear, according to law enforcement sources, but investigators are not ruling out anything at this point. Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs said authorities were looking into whether it was a terrorist attack.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State University issued an alert Monday morning warning students to shelter in place because of an active shooter.
The alert, which appeared on the university’s website and the Twitter feed for OSU Emergency Management, said there was an active shooter in Watts Hall:
Buckyeye Alert: Active Shooter on campus. Run Hide Fight. Watts Hall. 19th and College
Another alert said:
Buckeye Alert: Continue to shelter in place. Avoid area of College. More information to follow.
The school’s website updated with this information at 10:20 a.m.:
Buckeye Alert: Continue to shelter in place in north campus area. Follow directions of Police on scene.
Citing the Columbus Fire Department, WSYX in Columbus reported that at least nine people were taken to an area hospital.
Students told CNN they heard multiple gunshots on campus. Police cars, fire trucks and ambulances were seen near campus buildings and roads in the area were closed.
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